Ready…Read! Yellow School Bus Award recipients were Monica Redlevske, the keynote speaker; Stephanie Gelinas, Jennifer Hogan and Shawn Wright, representatives of the Rotary Club of Lewiston-Auburn; Adele Silverman, retired Lewiston teacher; and Tahila Chamberlain, representative of Literacy Volunteers. Also recognized was Auburn Chief of Police and Acting Assistant City Manager Phil Crowell, not pictured. Seventeen children from LRTC’s on-site preschool also joined the breakfast to enjoy a reading of Eileen Christelow’s “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” by a high school student from the LRTC early childhood program. Ready…Read! is a collaborative effort organized through the Auburn and Lewiston public schools, the Auburn and Lewiston Public Libraries, Androscoggin Head Start and Child Care and a large network of child care providers and community organizations in the twin cities. For more information visit www.ready-read.org or call 795-4141.

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